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Deportation leaves Hall County teens without parents
'Sometimes the law just breaks families apart,' says East Hall High senior
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Jonathan Rodriguez, right, and his brother Alexis recently saw their father deported to Mexico. Their mother later left as well to help care for her husband’s health issues. - photo by Erin O. Smith
From the outside, this home in East Hall looks like any other. A big grassy lawn leads up to the front stoop of the two-story wood-framed residence, which is tucked away in a quiet subdivision where kids freely roam, skateboarding and playing ball in the streets and jumping out of the way as cars slowly drive by. A gaggle of little children chase after the family dog and roll around on the floor.